This holiday season, you can choose to give the gift that gives twice! Gifts of Hope acknowledge friends and family members with donations in their honor. Cards will be on sale before and after the Tidings of Joy concert on Thursday, December 4 (concert begins at 6:30 p.m.), and Sunday mornings in the Gallery, December 7 and 14. Purchase cards online by visiting [LINK COMING SOON].

Each year the Saint John’s Risk-Taking Mission and Service Committee (RTMS) selects organizations with missions closely aligned to church priorities to benefit from the Gifts of Hope program. The nine organizations listed below have been selected to benefit from your gifts this year. You many click on the name of each organization to learn more about its mission. Donors may contribute to one, or as many groups as they wish. 

 

Austin Region Justice for Our Neighbors - free immigration legal services for immigrants and refugees. 

Casa Marianella - shelter and supportive services for displaced immigrants. 

Community First! Village - permanent housing and supportive services for the homeless. 

HOPE Food Pantry - addressing food insecurity in Austin families since 2000.

Lydia Patterson Institute - Methodist-sponsored school in El Paso, TX serving needy students from Juarez, Mexico.  

Rainbow Room - providing clothing and other necessities to children in crisis under the care of Child Protective Services. 

The Refuge Ranch - a ministry of Arms of Hope - residential facility, located near Bastrop, providing safety and support services to single mothers and their children who have experienced trauma. 

Women’s Storybook - providing a connection between children and their incarcerated mothers.

 

NEW THIS YEAR! Austin Clubhouse - providing opportunity and community to adults living with mental health diagnoses.

 

NEW THIS YEAR! Sammy's House - a child development and respite care program serving medically fragile infants and toddlers and their families.